Horticultural Trainee

**Department for Environment and Water**
**Job reference**: 634060
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**About the Role**:
Are you passionate about plants and looking to develop your horticultural skills in a world-renowned environment? The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia is offering an exciting **3-year full-time horticultural traineeship**. This is your chance to work with some of the most important botanical collections in the state while receiving valuable, hands-on training and experience.

**About the Traineeship**:

- **Duration**: 3-year training contract.
- **Location**: The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia (3 sites).
- **On-the-job training**: Work alongside experienced horticulturists at the Botanic Gardens’ living collections.
- **Off-the-job training**: Learn at a registered training organisation to gain formal qualifications.***

**What You'll Do**:
As a **Horticultural Trainee**, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and developing the Botanic Gardens' living collections. You’ll be involved in a wide range of horticultural activities, including:

- **Planting** and nurturing plants
- **Pruning** for growth and aesthetic appeal
- **Fertilising** to support plant health
- **Mowing** and maintaining lawns
- **Weeding** and controlling pests
- **Edging** garden beds and pathways
- **Irrigation** system maintenance
- **Pest control** and management
- **Turf culture**

**Why Apply?**
- Learn from the best: Work with a team of skilled horticulturists.
- Gain a nationally recognised qualification through off-the-job training.
- Be a part of something special: Help preserve and develop the Botanic Gardens' incredible plant collections.
- Enjoy diverse work environments: Gain experience across all three Botanic Gardens of South Australia sites.
- Working in an organisation that is contributing to significant environmental outcomes in the great state of South Australia
- Be part of a fun, collaborative and supportive team.
- Free entry into DEW managed Parks in South Australia.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Meaningful and rewarding career.

**Skill and Knowledge Attributes**:

- Identifies and defines problems relating to their daily work.
- Uses common sense and past experiences to approach problems and provide options to their manager for resolving the issue.
- Communicates early on if there are circumstances that will prevent them from meeting deadline.
- Check to ensure that procedures are followed or keeps clear detailed records of own activities.
- Open to new ways of working and to learning more about the horticultural industry.

**Special Conditions**:

- May be required to participate in fire management or associated duties.
- Some out of hours work may be required.
- Intrastate travel including overnight absences may be required.

**Contract**:
Contract for up to 3 Years

**Remuneration**:
Traineeship (TCG) Training Wage Provisions apply.
$267.00 min - $692.00 per week

**Enquiries to**:
Mark Oborn, Horticultural Manager, Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium
0427 604 249

**Application Instructions**:
Applications are to be submitted online through I WORK FOR SA.

**Applications close**: 26/11/2024 11:45 PM